Cookery for every household

Wash the apples and cut them in thin slices without peeling them. Put them into a lined saucepan with the water, sugar, and thinly peeled rind of \ a lemon. Boil gently for an hour, until the fruit is soft. Then strain through muslin, and cover until cold. Time to cook, 1 hour. Probable cost, 2d. 2588. Barley Meal Gruel 1 dessert-sp. barley A small piece of butter. meal. Sugar, or salt. | pt. milk. Mix the milk very gradually with the meal, stirring until quite smooth. Take a small lined saucepan, rinse it out with cold water, and pour the barley and milk into it. Stir constantly over the fire until boiling, and boil from 5 to 7 minutes. Season to taste with salt or sugar, and stir in a small piece of butter at the last. Serve very hot. Notes. — The gruel may be made thicker or thinner according to taste, and a little cream may be served with it. Water may be used instead of milk, and wine or brandy added as required. A very good drink can be made by making the gruel with water, rather thick ; then thinning it down with port wine. Heat thoroughly, but do not boil again. Barley gruel makes a change from the ordinary oatmeal gruel, and is very nourishing. Time to cook, 10 minutes. Probable cost, 2d 2589. Barley Water (Clear) 2 table-sps. pearl barley. I Sugar. 2 cupfuls boiling water. | £ lemon. Wash and blanch the barley as in last recipe. Then put it into a jug, and pour the boiling water over. Add the rind and juice of the lemon and a little sugar if wished. Cover over, stand until cold, and strain ready for use. Probable cost, ljd 2590. Barley Water (Thick) 2 table-sps. pearl barley. I water. J lemon. 2 breakfast-cupfuls cold ( Sugar. Wash the barley, put it into the lined saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring quickly to the boil, strain and rinse the barley. This whitens it and prevents the drink having a dark and cloudy appearance. Put the barley back into the saucepan with the 2 breakfast-cupfuls of water and rind of the \ lemon peeled off very thinly. Allow this to cook slowly by the side of the fire from 1J to 2 hours, adding more water if necessary. Then strain, add the lemon juice and a little sugar if wished. Serve hot or cold. Note. — This is considered a very light and nourishing drink, and having no decided taste is usually a favourite with invalids. It is often mixed with milk, the lemon in this case being omitted. Time to cook, 1| to 2 hours. Probable cost, l|d 2591. Barley Water (from “ Patent ” Barley) 1 dessert-sp. Robinson’s “ Patent ” barley. J tea-cupful cold water. 1 qt. boiling water. Lemon juice. Sugar to taste. This barley water is more quickly made than the above. Robinson’s “ Patent ” barley is in the form of a powder, and is bought ready prepared in tins. Mix the barley to a smooth paste with the cold water. Then have ready on the fire a quart of freshly boiling water in a scrupulously clean lined saucepan ; add the barley to it, and stir over the fire for 5 minutes. Add lemon juice to taste and sugar if desired. Simmer a minute or two longer, and strain ready for use. This makes a very refreshing drink. Note. — If a more nourishing drink is required or an invalid, use a larger quantity of the barley. 2592. Black Currant Drink 1 dessert-sp. blackcurrant jam. £ pt. boiling water. A squeeze juice. A little sugar. of lemon